
* :ref:`an easy-to-use, easy-to-extend, comprehensive <examples>` **python framework for ML and AI with time series**
* **open source**, `permissive license, free to use <https://github.com/sktime/sktime/blob/main/LICENSE>`_
* **openly and transparently governed** :ref:`by the user and developer community <governance>`, with a charitable core
* a **friendly, responsive, kind and inclusive community**, :ref:`with an active commitment to fairness and equal opportunity <code_of_conduct>`
* an academically, commercially **neutral space**, with an **ecosystem integration** ambition and neutral point of view
* an **educational platform**, providing :ref:`mentoring and upskilling for all career stages <mentoring>`, especially early career
